

BOSTON. 



OLD ORCHARD 



MAINE. 



PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. 



By J. S. LOCKE. 






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WHEN an individual becomes distinguished, 
there is a demand for his biography ; and 
when a locahty springs into notoriety, there is a 
demand for its history. 

As a summer resort, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, 
has teen growing in popular favor for many years. 
To gratify the demands of its numerous patrons, 
who would learn more of its history and char- 
acter than can be acquired in a brief visit, is 
the author's excuse for publishing these pen and 
pencil sketches. 

J. S. L. 
Boston, 1879. 



Old Oi^61|^fd Sekdii. 



I. 

EARLY HISTORY. 

Discoveries, — Settlements. — Sagamore of Saco, 
— Rogers' Garden. — The First Orchard. — 
Battles on the Beach. — The First Hotel in 
Maine. — Successive Hotels. — An Hotel-keeper's 
Captivity. — Colonial Taws. 

TWO English exploring vessels, commanded 
by Captain Martin Pring, arrived on the coast 
of Maine, called by the natives Mavooshen^ and 
entered the Saco River, in 1603. These were the 
first recorded vessels that ever anchored in the bay 
or ploughed the waters of the river. The journal 
of this fleet, which was published in England 
after the return, gave such a glowing account of 
the country and its resources, that a spirit of en- 
terprise was aroused, and adventurers soon sought 
the shores of Saco. 

For several years many trading and fishing 
expeditions were made to this coast. Among the 
noted adventurers was Captain John Smith, whose 
story is well known in connection with the family 

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of Powhattan and history of Virginia. He sailed 
up the Saco in 1614 as far as the Falls, where now 
stand the cotton mills, and with Indian guides 
explored the river to Salmon Falls, twelve miles 
from the ocean. Sir Fernando Gorges, of Ply- 
mouth, England, a gentleman of wealth and dis- 
tinction, became so interested in these expeditions 
that he employed men, as he said "at large cost," 
and fitted out a vessel, which he placed in com- 
mand of Richard Vines, and sent it to the mouth 
of the Saco River, to explore the countrj^ fish, and 
trade with the natives. 

Captain Vines arrived in early autumn. No 
season could have better displayed the beauty and 
grandeur of the country. The giant forests, with 
strong arms interlocked, stood defiantly before the 
axe of civilization. The tall, dark pines and 
waving hemlocks, gray witli the moss of age, 
contrasted richly with the ruby autumnal foliage 
of the oak and maple, and the russet tints of the 
poplar and birch. The waters were bordered by 
long, luxuriant grass, whose verdure no civilized 
foot had pressed and no scythe but Time's had 
touched. Innumerable sea-birds almost darkened 
the air in their continuous flight, and, unaccus- 
tomed to the sound of fire-arms, they fearlessly 
approached the vessel of the voyagers. 

Captain Vines spent the autumn in exploring 
the coast for a suitable location for winter quarters. 
Ke and his party were the first English who trod 
the silvery sands of Old Orchard. The west side 



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of Saco River was finally chosen for a settlement. 
Here this company built a log-house and spent the 
winter. This was in 1616. These settlers had 
no European neighbors nearer than Jamestown, 
Virginia. The local name, Wmter Harbor, was 
derived from this circumstance. 

The winter being over, Vines returned toEngland. 
His fishing and trading had been a pecuniary suc- 
cess, and Gorges, his patron, was gratified with the 
voyage. He therefore obtained from King James I. 
a grant of lands along this coast, and became 
the first individual land-owner of Maine. Captain 
Vines continued li ansporting settlers to this coast, 
and became so interested in the country that he 
obtained, in association with John Oldham, all the 
lands on the west side of the river within the pres- 
ent limits of Biddeford ; and to Richard Bonvthon 
and Thomas Lewis were granted all the lands on 
the east side within the present limits of Saco. 
This w^as in 1629, and in 1631 the grantees took 
legal possession. Richard Bonvthon settled, as 
did the others, near the sea-shore, on the east side 
of the river ; he, therefore, w^as the first resident 
proprietor of Old Oixhard. 

The early settlers were principally engaged in 
fishing. This was the quickest way to get returns 
for their labor, for American codfish found a ready 
sale in the English market. The fish were caught 
and dried upon flakes or stages. "Stage Island," 
at the mouth of the river, received its name from 
the fish stages erected by the early fishermen. 



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For many years the only travelled road from 
New Hampshire to eastern Maine was along the 
sea-shore. No road was built till 1750; then a 
highway was opened from Strawberry Bank, now 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Falmouth, now 
Portland, Maine. Old Orchard Beach, with its 
continuous sohd surface, was, no doubt, gratefully 
trodden by the weary-footed horses of the early 
travellers. The small rivers were crossed at wad- 
ing-places or fords. The W'OrdBiddeford means ^'by 
the ford." Biddeford, Maine, however, receives 
its name from Bideford, England, from whence 
came many of the early settlers on this coast. As 
the population increased, and there became a de- 
mand for more direct thoroughfares, ferries were 
established across the larger rivers. The Saco 
was crossed a short distance from its mouth, at 
what is still called the Lower Ferry. All jour- 
neying was on horseback or on foot. No car- 
riages were in the settlement for many vears, and 
no horses till the year 1658. The sea-shore being 
the only highwa3% and also most convenient for 
fishing, the settlers at first located here ; hence, 
along the shores of Old Orchard, and upon the 
banks of the river, were the firbt settlements made. 
For more than fifty 3-ears the white settlers lived 
at peace with the natives, and a barter trade was 
carried on between them, the Indians readily ex- 
changing furs for knives and trinkets. Garrisons, 
however, were built bv the settlers for mutual 
protection in case there should ever arise any 



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trouble, but they were of little use till 1675, when 
commenced that terrible struggle which almost 
exterminated the white inhabitants on the coast of 
Maine. 

The settlers at Saco severely suffered. From 
1675 to 1748 they were engaged in almost con- 
stant warfare. There were occasional seasons of 
peace, but during these years the settlers lived in 
continual dread of their treacherous enemies. 
Behind every rock or tree, along the highway or 
in the open field, a stealthy foe was liable to lurk. 
Men went armed to their labor, and women kept 
the well-charged musket ready. So great was the 
danger to the scattered settlers along the coast of 
Old Orchard during these wars, that many went 
over to the west side of the river, where more se- 
cure garrisons were erected. Ruins of some of 
these are still seen, and several houses are now 
standing which stood the test of Indian warfare ; 
but along the shores of Old Orchard and the east 
side of the Saco River the houses were nearly all 
burned, and many of the inhabitants slain or car- 
ried into captivity. The story of their adventures 
is of much interest, but is too extended for men- 
tion here. 

After the capture of Louisburg by the English 
in 1745, which resulted in the overthrow of French 
power in America, the Indians had none to fur- 
nish them ammunition, or incite them to war, 
and they, becoming disheartened, signed a treat}^ 
of peace at Falmouth, now Portland, and after- 



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wards there were no more battles in this vicinity. 
The scattered settlers hopefully returned to their 
plantations, and the angel of peace smiled upon 
vSaco. Lumbering had now become an important 
industry at the Falls. Mills were erected, and 
there the population rapidly increased, but only 
sturdy farmers and adventurous fishermen re- 
mained along the Old Orchard coast. 

The most of the land-titles here were received 
through Richard Bonython, the early patentee, 
and his son and heir, John Bonython, who ac- 
quired a vast amount of land besides that inherited 
from his father. He seems to have taken life his 
own way. He denied the authority of the General 
Court, and refused to be in any way governed bv 
the laws of the country. He was several times 
fined for his disobedience and contempt of court, 
but he proved so incorrigible that he was declared 
an " outlaw, a rebel, and unworthy of His Majesty's 
protection." There is no evidence that he was a 
criminal, but he was punished for refusing to sub- 
mit to the authoritv of the g:overnment. His vast 

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possessions, his contempt for all in authority, and 
his wild and almost savage dress and manner, 
gave him the title of Sagamore of Saco. There 
is a tradition that he obtained his lands by deed 
from Mogg Megone, the chief of the Sakoki tribe, 
which dwelt on the river. It is said that Bony- 
thon promised his daughter Ruth in marriage to 
this chieftain for a deed of the lands. Mogg was 
made drunk, and his signature obtained. Ruth 



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refused the marriage, and fled from her home to 
the Indian settlement at Norridgewock, on the 
Androscoggin, and Mogg lost his bride and his 
lands. The poet Whittier, in his historical poem 
" Mogg Megone," graphically tells the story. He 
thus describes the character and appearance of 
Mogg : 

" But Mogg Megone never trembled yet ; 
Wherever his eye or foot is set, 
He is watchful : each form in the moonlight dim, 
Of rock or tree, is seen of him ; 
He listens : each sound from afar is causfht. 
The faintest shiver of leaf and limb. 
His head is bare, save only where 
Waves in the wind a lock of hair. 
He halh a knife and hatchet and orun. 
And a gaudy, tasselled blanket on.'"' 

Bonython is described thus : 

*' A low, lean, swarthy man is he. 
With blanket garb and buskined knee, 
And naught of die English fashion on, 
For he hates the race from which he sprung, 
And couches his word in the Indian ton<rue/' 

It seems from the records that Bonython repent- 
ed of his wayward course, apologized to those in 
authority, was pardoned by the General Court, 
and again became a citizen. He lived and died at 
Old Orchard, and was buried on the east bank of 
the Saco, near the Lower Ferry. Nearly fifty 
years after his death his estate was divided among-; 
his heirs. The name of Bonython — or Bonitout,. 
as it was sometimes spelt — has become extinct- 



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• 

Though these sketches were not intended to be 
biographical, yet there was another early settler 
at Old Orchard worthy of mention. As earlv as 
1638 Thomas Rogers settled at the mouth of the 
Goose Fair Brook, and entered into agricultural 
pursuits more extensively than any of his neigli- 
bors. The Goose P'air Brook rises in a heath in 
the northern part of Saco, and empties into the 
ocean about half-way between the Saco River and 
the town of Scarborough. It is a shallow stream, 
and at low tide is easily crossed. Here was an 
ancient wading-place, and here upon the marshes 
flocked multitudes of wild geese ; from which, 
probably, the river received its name. 

Thomas Rogers dwelt on the east side, near 
the ocean. His fields were the first cleared, and 
most extensively cultivated on the coast. He 
planted fruit-trees, and cultivated the grape-vine, 
which w^as brought from Wood Island, where an 
abundance of them grew when the coast was first 
discovered. His farm was considered of so much 
importance that it was called " Rogers' Garden " 
b}^ the early geographers, and was so recorded 
on the maps. The lands now owned by the Old 
Orchard Association were a portion of his farm. 
The apple-trees which he planted remained nearl}^ 
a hundred and fifty years, and became the Old 
Orchard, from which the place takes its name. 

In 1676 his place was attacked bv Indians, and 
after a severe strugo-le, in which several of them 
were killed and wounded, they withdrew, morti- 



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fied at their repulse, and, taking to their canoes, 
went to Scarborough, where, at Bhick Point, they 
burnt several houses. Rogers immediately after 
this, with his family, went to Kitter}', leaving some 
of his goods in his house. A party of 30ung men 
were sent to take them away, when they were at- 
tacked by Indians in ambush, and all slain. A son 
of Mr. Roo-ers was one of the number. The house 
was burnt by the Indians. The bodies of the 
young men were afterwards found upon the beach 
by the inhabitants, and buried on the shore near 
where the house stood. 

In the same 3-ear, when all the eastern settle- 
ments were suffering from Indian depredations, a 
company of soldiers, under command of Captain 
Wincoll, came from Newichawannock (South 
Berwick), to aid the settlers at Scarborough and 
Black Point (Prout's Neck). They had several 
encounters with the enemy before reaclnng Saco, 
and their number was greatly reduced. While 
marching along the beach at low tide, they were 
suddenly startled by the terrible warwhoop, and 
a volley of shot and arrows was poured in upon 
them with such fury that several were wounded, 
and fell. The Indians were in ambush in the 
pine forest just back of the beach, in the vicinity 
of the house now known as " Camp Comfort." 

The soldiers immediately recovered from this^ 
sudden attack, and returned fire with a precision 
so overwhelmingly fatal to the Indians, that they 
were at once scattered and driven back to the 



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forest. It bein£>- low tide, the ledsfe known as 
" Googin's Rocks,*' in the vicinity, offered the 
soldiers a temporary fortification, and taking ref- 
uge behind these, they were ready for a second 
attack, in which they were equally successful in 
driving back the enemy. 

Again, another attack, and the savages were 
defeated. They then returned to the forest, and 
sounded a war-cry for reinforcements. The sol- 
diers now felt the horrors of their situation. Be- 
hind them was the returning ocean, against which 
their position could not be held. In a few hours 
their fortification would be submerged. To leave it 
would expose them to the fatal lire of their enemy's 
expected reinforcements. They must fall into 
the hands of merciless savages, or be ingulfed by 
the insatiable ocean. They chose the latter, and 
firmly resolved to hold their position, and fight 
till the waters overwhelmed them. The Indians 
soon returned to renew the attack, but by a dis- 
charge from the well-aimed muskets of the sol- 
diers four of their number w^ere killed, and three 
fell mortally wounded. The intrenched soldiers 
now saw the enemy's reinforcements running 
down the beach, and they felt that a critical mo- 
ment had come. They were to be overpowered 
by superior numbers ; yet they heroically prepared 
for another attack, when, to their astonishment 
and joy, they saw^ that a company of soldiers had 
just crossed Goose Fair Brook, and was running 
rapidly to their rescue. 



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The firing had alarmed the settlement at the 
Ferry, and the soldiers had hastened to offer re- 
lief. The Indians, seemg superior numbers, and 
being unaccustomed to open-field warfare, fled to 
the woods, leaving their dead upon the sand. Tlie 
heroic soldiers, rescued from this perilous position, 
hastened on to duty at Scarborough, and the 
ocean came dashing over the rocks, gathered up 
the bodies of the slain, and washed away the 
stains and footprints of human strife. 

One of the first demands of civilization was a 
public-house. After settlements had been made 
at various points along the coast, and a highway 
opened from one to another, travellers needed 
some place for entertainment. To meet this want, 
the court, in 1654, granted a license to Henry 
Waddock " to keep -an ordinary to entertain stran- 
gers for their money." He was also licensed to 
act as ferryman at the lower ferry, and was "au- 
thorized to receive id. from every one he set over 
the river." This " ordinary " was probably the first 
public-house in Maine. It stood on the east bank of 
the Saco River, a short distance from its mouth, just 
below the Lower Ferry. As no " special artist " 
or photographer has furnished a picture " taken on 
the spot," it must be painted by the imagination, 
aided by tradition and historical facts. 

On a sunny bank, sloping southward to the 
Saco, stood this structure. A tall forest of primi- 
tive pines, thick with whispering foliage, sheltered 
it from the north winds in winter, and in summer 
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the south wind fanned it with an ocean coolness. 
It was but a low log habitation, thickl}^ thatched 
with meadow-grass, and ceiled with bark of bass- 
wood. Through small, high windows the sunlight 
was admitted, and the chilliness of the night was 
excluded by heavy wooden shutters. At each end 
stood an immense chimney, built of beach-stones 
and clay, and in each chimney was an enormous 
fireplace, in which in winter crackled and hissed 
the huge burning back -logs and fore-sticks, 
and from w^iich flared the bright light of flaming 
pitch-knots. A wide, heavy door opened on 
the side of the house, to which, in winter, oxen 
were driven with a sled-load of fuel, and with 
handspikes the back-logs were rolled into proper 
position. 

The furnishings of such p. house were of the 
most primitive kind. All the furniture in the set- 
tlement was of rude domestic manufacture, except 
what few pieces had been brought from England. 
Stools, chairs, and tables were manufactured by 
each settler to meet the requirements of his cir- 
cumstances. The floors of each house were made 
of hewn timbers, fitted solidly together. Over- 
head were the large beams, to which were at- 
tached hanging shelves, on which were kept 
the food supplies of the family. The culinary 
utensils were of iron, pewter, and wood, and 
perhaps some brown ware from England and 
Holland ; but no china or white glazed ware was 
in use. Wooden bowls, plates, and spoons were 



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most common. Teacups and saucers were not 
in use. Tea-drinking was not then known in 
America. No tea was used in the American col- 
onies till after 1700. 

Beds were made from meadow-grasses or dried 
leaves gathered in autumn, and skins of wild ani- 
mals furnished covering. Over each fireplace, 
upon wooden hooks, hung the well-charged mus- 
ket and powder-horn, and upon the end of the rude 
mantelpiece sat constantly the tinder-box, with 
flint and steel, ever ready for kindling fire. No 
glass windows were in the houses till many years 
later, and no houses were built of boards or sawed 
lumber. The first saw-mill in Maine was erected 
on Saco Falls in 1653, which soon supplied the 
town and neighboring settlements with boards ; 
but previous to this all the houses were built of 
logs or hewn timbers trunnelled together. In this 
rude way lived the early settlers of Saco, and such 
was the character of the first " ordinary," or tavern, 
at Old Orchard. 

This. first public-house was kept by Henry Wad- 
dock for twenty-five years. He was succeeded 
by Thomas Haley, who, to meet the increasing 
demands of travel, received from the court in 1673 
an order, " For the more secure transportation of 
travellers, to provide a good, sufficient boat, for 
carrying persons and their horses, large enough 
to carry three horses at one time." 

Haley was succeeded, in 1679, by Humphry 
Scamman, from whom have descended most of 



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the families in this vicinity who bear that name. 
He was proprietor of this ordinary, or tavern, 
which he gradually improved w-ith the progress 
Df civilization. His romantic history, though 
foreign to these sketches, may be thrown in 
as an interesting episode, showing the adven 
tures of an Old Orchard hotel-keeper at that 
period. 

In 1688 the second Indian war broke out. The 
French on the Canadian border furnished the 
Indians with ammunition, and incited them to 
fight the English. During this war a party of 
Indians who had been doing serious depredations 
in Kittery and Berwick, came upon the inhabi- 
tants of Saco. Mr. Scamman was mowing in a 
meadows when this party came upon his house, in 
which were his wife and five children. His little 
son, a lad of ten years, w^as bearing to his father 
a mug of beer, w'hen he saw the Indians coming 
towards the house. He immediately returned to 
inform his mother, and placed the mug of beer 
on the dresser. Mrs. Scamman had no time to 
make her escape or alarm the neighboring settlers, 
and became a captive with herw^hole famil}^ She 
firml}^ refused to give information concerning the 
wdiereabouts of her husband. Threats w^ere of no 
avail ; but having received from the chief a prom- 
ise that all their lives should be spared, she told 
where he could be found, and he also w^as made a 
captive. 

The Ind:ans, fearing an attack from the srarn 



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son on the opposite side of the river, made a hasty 
flight, only taking with them a few articles of 
plunder. Elated with the number of captives they 
had taken, they hastened to Canada,, following an 
Indian trail through the woods, stopping at Peck- 
woket (now Fryburg), formerly the capital of the 
Sokoki tribe. Here the prisoners were made the 
objects of savage cruelty. A council was held, 
and it was decided that the captives should be 
slain ; but the chief was faithful to the promise 
made to Mrs. Scamman, and he ordered them to 
be taken to Canada, where they were disposed of 
to the French, and scattered through different 
parts of the province. They passed through va- 
rious hardships during their captivity. About a 
year later a treaty was made, when they were all 
returned in safety. They found their house in 
the same condition in which they left it ; no one 
had disturbed it, and at the door sat a favorite cat, 
which had been the onl}^ occupant of the premises 
during their absence. Upon the dresser still stood 
the beer-mug which the boy placed there v/hen 
he returned to give the alarm. This mug is still 
in existence in Saco, owned by a descendant of 
the family. It is brown stoneware, evidently made 
in Holland, and bears an etched outline picture 
of William, Prince of Orange, who married Mary, 
the daughter of James II., and was called to the 
English throne in 1689 ; previous to which he had 
acquired great popularity in Holland by success- 
fully conducting wars against the French. The 



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mug was evidently made in commemoration of his 
victories, and is more than two hundred years old. 
A daughter, who had been in captivity with her 
parents, was again captured in Scarborough in 
1723, and carried to Canada, where she was re- 
ceived into the governor's family, educated, and 
married to a gentleman in Qiiebec. Mr. Scam- 
man dwelt at the "ordinary" after his return, and 
entertained travellers till his death, in 1727. 

A portion of the Scamman estate was purchased 
in 1753? by Deacon Amos Chase, who kept the 
ferry and "ordinary" till 1758, when the first 
bridge across Saco River was built, at the Falls, 
w^ith the proceeds of a lottery ; and as the popula- 
tion in that vicinity had greatly increased, the 
travel turned in that direction, and the Lower 
Ferry and the public-house were discontinued. 

At the Ferry, where stood the first public-house, 
was the Winter port of Saco. Above here ice 
blockaded the river, and from here all foreign 
and coastwise commerce was carried on. The 
now dilapidated storeliouse standing on the grass- 
grown wharf, is a remnant of those busy days. 

In 1800, Captain Asa Stevens, who had acquired 
a fortune in West India trade, erected a large three- 
story mansion at this place; After the war of 181 2, 
it was converted into a tavern, called the Ferry 
House. This passed under the management of 
various proprietors, till burned in 1876. The pat- 
ronage of this house was principally from citizens 



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of Saco and Biddeford, who made it a terminus 
for sleighing parties and summer drives. 

The Ferry House was the last of w4iat may be 
termed the "old-time taverns," in this vicinity ; and 
before commencing a chapter on modern hotels, it 
may be interesting to read some of the colonial 
laws regarding public-houses. 

''None to keep a Publick House without a license 
from the County Court, on penalty of 5/., or imprison- 
ment during pleasure. 

PubHck Houses must iiave a sign within 3 months, or 
forfeit their license. 

If they brew with anything instead of Malt, they must 

pay S^" 

They must suffer none to be drunk, or to have above 
half a pint of Wine, or sit above half an Hour, or after 
Nine at Night, on penalty of 55. 

If they conceal a Drunkard, or send not for the Con- 
stable, they pay £5. 

Whoever is drunk pays 35. ^d. for drinking too 
much, 25. 6d. for staying more than 4 an hour, and 55-. 
for sitting after Nine at Night, to be imprisoned till he 
pays, or sit in the Stocks 3 Hours. 

Private persons pay 205. or sit in the Stocks, for the 
First Offence, in permitting people to tipple in their 
houses — 55. for the Second Offence, and bound to bet- 
ter behavior or committed for the third. 

Drunkards forfeit double for the Second Offence, 
treble for the third : if unable to pay it, they must be 
whipped with ten Stripes. 

No dancing in public houses on penalty of 55. 

Whoever sells strong drink to an Indian pays 405". — 
a third to the informer. 



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Whoever curses or swears, pays los.. or sits in the 
Stocks. If more than once, the penalty is doubled. 
Licenses must be renewed every j'car, on penalty of 

£5'' 

The above were some of the primitive laws, but 
as late as 1712 an act was passed which forbade 
" all singing or dancing at a tavern or In the street 
after dark." 

But these laws have become obsolete, and the 
customs of those days have passed away. In seven 
successive ^generations time haschancjed the char- 
acter of the people, and the daring deeds and 
heroic struggles of their ancestors live only In his- 
tory and song. Fair fields flourish wdiere forests 
frowned, and stately structures stand where the 
red warrior reared his rude wigwam. Only old 
ocean remains unchanged. Its breakers still beat 
upon the beach In regular rhythm, and Its tides 
come and go, as aye they will, "till the heavens 
are rolled together as a scroll," and " there shall 
be no more sea." 



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II. 

OLD CUSTOMS. — MODERN HISTORY. 

Twenty-sixth of yitne. — General Court. — First 
Boarders. — E. C, Staples. — First Old Or- 
chard House. — Cause of Greatness. — The 
Ocean. — The Beach at Low Tide. — Poem. — 
Climate. — Fern Fark. — Ross Woods. — Ferry 
Beach. — Cam f- Meeting Association. — Mod- 
ern Hotels. — Portland Steamers. — Boston and 
Alaine Railroad. — Song of Old Orchard. 

THE Twenty-sixth of June, for many years, 
has been a gala day at the Beach. There used 
to exist a popular tradition that on this day the 
waters of the ocean were especially endowed 
with healing properties, that at this time they 
were "troubled," and " whoever stepped in 
w^as cured of whatsoever disease he possessed." 
This led thousands of the credulous and su- 
perstitious to flock to these shores to be healed. 
Old age came to be rejuvenated, middle age to 
be strengthened, and childhood and infancy must 
be " dipped " annually to insure safety against dis- 
ease and death. From the surrounding country, 
back for many miles, came, early on the morn- 
ing of this day, vehicles of every description, bear- 



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ing the "withered, the hah, and the bhnd," and 
every other character and condition of humanity, 
who reverently phinged or were " dipped " in the 
rolling breakers of Old Orchard. Many are the 
accounts of the credulous who have been cured or 
benefited by bathing on this day. 

This custom is of great antiquity : it goes back 
to the mystic ages of mythology, to those days 
when wells, pools, or fountains were consecrated 
to various gods, goddesses, and nymphs, and con- 
sidered sacred. At each body of water was sup- 
posed to preside some nymph or goddess, to please 
whom devotees made offerings,, or bathed in its 
waters. The Romans celebrated a religious feast, 
called Fontinalia^ in honor of the *" nymphs of 
wells and fountains." Flowers were carried to the 
fountains by young men and maidens, wreaths and 
bouquets were thrown into them and scattered 
about the shore ; and those upon whom the waters 
were sprinkled were considered under the especial 
care of the patron nymph. 

The Greeks had their sacred fountains. There 
was one in Laconia sacred to Juno, and many 
others, some of which were supposed to have 
healing properties, and others to be of a prophetic 
nature. From the figures portrayed upon a mirror 
dipped in a fountain the Greeks thought they ob- 
tained notice of coming good or evil. 

When Christianity began to dispel the customs 
of mythology, waters, which had been considered 
sacred to some tutelary god or goddess, were ded- 



PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. 27 

icatedto some church saint and called by his name. 
These fountains are still common throughout Eu- 
rope, especially in the British Isles. Even now, in 
Ireland and Scotland they are considered sacred by 
many, who visit them annually to be partakers of 
their healing waters. The early settlers on this 
coast came from England and Ireland, and with 
them came the customs of the old country. There 
is a blind deference for old usages, which continues 
them in practice long after their original signifi- 
cance is forgotten, and this led our early settlers 
to continue their annual visits to some body of 
water. As the ocean at Old Orchard seemed more 
impressive than any other waters in the vicinity, 
this beach became the place for holding their Fon- 
tinalia^ or Festival of Waters. 

The first settlers visited the beach on the 24th 
of June, St. John the Baptist's day. But when it 
was ordered that " there should be one General 
Court holden at Saco for the whole Province of 
Maine, every year on the 25th of June," it changed 
the day. The court brought people from all parts 
of the province. It was a great day in Maine. 
Those who came attended court on the 25th and 
rested from their journey, and the day follow- 
ing they visited the ocean to bathe. Thus the 
celebration, which formerly occurred on the 24th, 
was carried forward two days, and the 26th of 
June became the celebrated bathing-day at Old 
Orchard. It is not now kept with the same 
superstitious regard as formerly ; but, it being the 



28 OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE. ^ 

most leisure season in the agricultural districts, 
they still keep up the custom of visiting the beach 
on this day. Many hotel guests arrive at this 
time, and it may be considered the opening of the 
pleasure season. 

THE BEACH. 

Though Old Orchard, which is a suburb of the 
city of Saco, and embraces the Adantic coast line 
from Saco River to the town of Scarboro', had for 
nearly two centuries been the favorite resort on 
June 26th, and a popular bathing-place for those in 
the vicinity, yet it never began to receive distant 
patronage till about 1840. In 1837, however, a 
few individuals, impressed with the beauty of the 
beach and the invigorating climate, besought E. 
C. Staples, the present proprietor of the Old Or- 
chard House, to furnish them with board during 
the summer. Mr. Staples dwelt in a plain farm- 
house (see cover), the home of his ancestors. 
This house has been remodelled into the Staples' 
Cottage. It stood near where it now stands, and 
is more than a century old. The first boarders 
were charmed with the place, and the next year 
brought more than the house could accommo- 
date. 

Among the early patrons of Mr. Staples were 
gentlemen and their families from Montreal, who 
came the whole distance in their own private car- 
riages. The Portsmouth and Portland Railroad 



PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. 29 

was opened in 1842, and the Grand Trunk from 
Montreal to Portland in 1852. These brought 
passengers to Saco Station within four miles of the 
Beach, and from that time the demand for hotel 
accommodation increased with great rapidity. 

Mr. Staples commenced to build additions to his 
house, and from year to year continued to enlarge, 
until the Old Orchard House, accommodating 
three hundred guests, had been erected. This was 
popular and prosperous till destroyed by fire, July 
21, 1875. Boarding-houses and hotels have been 
increasing and enlarging for several years, and 
now there are more than twenty -five, with ac- 
commodations for four thousand guests. 

There is always a cause to produce an effect ; 
and the causes which have led to the greatness of 
Old Orchard are its own inherent attractions. 
Nature has here lavished her charms, and espe- 
cially fitted the place for the distinction it receives. 
The ocean is always grand and impressive: at 
morn, when the rising sun burnishes its surface 
with gold and crimson ; at noon, when its blue 
waters blend with the distant sky ; at evening, 
when the rosy sunset lingers upon its waves, and 
tints the light clouds that float like fairy chariots 
above it ; and at night, when the moon overspreads 
its surface with spangles of silver. The eye is al- 
ways charmed with the grandeur of ocean scenes, 
and the ear is filled with the melody of the breeze- 
touched waves as they play gently upon the beach.,, 
or dash with tremendous power, in the hands of 



30 OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE. 

the tempest, "swelling the profound eternal bass 
in Nature's anthem." 

There is pleasure in watching the distant ocean, 
bearing upon its swelling surface the swift-winged 
crafts of pleasure, the steam-propelled palaces of 
travel, and the white-robed ships of commerce. 
They come and go, pass and repass, bearing an 
exchange of thoughts and commodities from coun- 
try to country, travelling continuall}^ upon this 
mighty highway of nations. 

Not only the ocean, but the land here has its 
charms. Old Orchard is a crescent-shaped shore, 
nine miles in length — a smooth, solid, prairie-like 
beach, sloping gently to the water, and the heavy 
rolling waves, rising continually in the distant 
depths, chase each other in regular succession, 
and dash upon the beach their foam-crested heads. 
There are no dangerous under-currents or treach- 
erous quicksands in these waves, and at low tide 
the beach is a smooth, solid driving-course, upon 
which hundreds of carriages may pass and repass 
without interruption. During the pleasure season 
thousands here assemble to engage in seaside 
sports ; nothing can exceed the gayety and joy- 
ousness of the scene. For miles, gay equipages 
throng this wave-washed highway, and the surf 
is alive with jubilant bathers. The sportive find 
lively recreations, and the meditative find subjects 
for moral and elevating reflections. One of the 
latter once wrote : — 



PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. 3I 



SEASIDE REFLECTION. 

Alone I walked the Ocean's strand ; 
A pearly shell was in my hand ; 
I stooped and wrote upon the sand 

My name, the year and day. 
As onward from the place I passed, 
A lingering look behind I cast : 
A wave came rolling high and fast. 

And washed my words away. 

Thus, methought, soon it will be 
With every mark on earth of me ; 
A wave from dark Oblivion's sea 

Will sweep across the place 
Where I have trod the sandy shore 
Of Time, and been to be no more — 
Of me, my day, the name I bore, 

And leave no track nor trace. 

And yet with Him, who counts the sands, 
And holds the waters in His hands, 
I know a lasting record stands 

Inscribed against my name, — 
Of all these mortal hands have wrought. 
Of all this thinking soul has thought. 
Or from life's fleeting moments caujiht. 

For glory or for shame. 



32 OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE. 

The jaded toilers, released from the tread-mill 
of daily duties, come here to throw off their bur- 
dens and repair their labor-worn lives. The 
change of scene, the climate, the baths, the food, 
and the social contact, all contribute to their needs, 
and revive their enervated natures ; but especially 
are they benefited by the climate. 

Recent scientific investigation has shown that 
ozone, a peculiar element of the atmosphere, 
is found most abundantly upon the tops of high 
mountains and at the sea-shore. The constant 
inhaling of this element gives an especially healthy 
tone to the human system. The robust forms and 
ruddy features of mountain and seaside inhabitants 
are attributable to this cause. At Old Orchard 
the. air is said to be especially charged with this 
invigorating element. Those suffering from dis- 
eases of the throat and lungs have been benefited 
by even a brief sojourn in this cool and strength- 
ening climate. Those weary with city life find 
here reviving and restful influences ; and, like 
Whittier, they say ; 

" Good-bye to pain and care ! I like 

Mine ease to-day : 
Here, where these sunny waters break, 
And ripple this keen breeze, I shake 
All burdens from the heart, 

All weary thoughts away. 

I draw a freer breath : I seem, — 

Like all I see, — 
Waves in the sun, — the white-winged gleam 



PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. 33 

Of sea-birds in the slanting beam, 
And fancy sails which flit before the 
South wind free. 

What heed I of the dusty land, 

And noisy town? 
I see the mighty deep expand 
From its white line of gleaming sand, 
To where the blue of heaven on bluer 

Waves shuts down ! 

In listless quietude of mind 

I yield to all 
The change of cloud, and wave, and wind, 
And passive by the flood reclined, 
I wander with the waves, and with them 

Rise and fall." 



FERN PARK. 

The ocean and the beach are not the only at- 
tractions at Old Orchard. There is an inland 
scenery of marsh, meadov^, field, forest, and 
flourishing farms ; and Fern Park, a short dis- 
tance from the hotels, is a place of ^reat natu- 
ral beauty. It is a dense forest of hard wood 
and evergreen trees, through v^hich walks and 
avenues have been laid out, and rustic arbors 
erected. This was done under the direction of 
Mr. Bull, one of the early patrons of the Old 
Orchard House, — a man of great taste and re- 
finement, who spent much time in this charming 
3 



34 OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE. 

place. The mottoes which he erected over the 
arbors and along the avenues remain memorials 
of his poetic genius and refinement. 

In this natural park are found many of the wild 
flowers of Maine, and the botanist here has facili- 
ties for pursuing his interesting studies. Those 
who gather flowers simply because they love them, 
find here pleasure in hunting out and bringing to 
human admiration the little bright-eyed blossoms 
that in the dark depths of the forest were " born to 
blush unseen, and waste their sweetness on the 
desert air." Here, like a cluster of corals in an 
emerald setting, grows the bright bunch-berry, 
and the partridge-vine and sweet tiny twin-flower 
twine the moss-covered logs. The modest violet, 
the delicate star-flower, and the fragrant checker- 
berry flourish here, and from the abundance of 
lichens and ferns the place is appropriately called 
Fern Park. It is about one mile from the beach, 
on the Saco road, directly opposite the grovmds 
of the Camp-Meeting Association. 

FERRY BEACH. 

Its name is derived from the Lower Ferry at the 
mouth of the Saco River. It is that portion of Old 
Orchard west of Goose Fair Brook. At the west 
end of this beach is what was early known as Bare- 
Knee Point; the gradual curve of the sandy shore, 
having a fancied resemblance to a human limb, 
gave it this name. From this extends the Break- 
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1876, at a cost of one hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. It is composed of huge granite blocks 
dropped in a continuous line for more than a mile, 
and was made for the purpose of extending the 
channel of the river so as to remove the sand bar 
at its mouth, which at low tides obstructed ship- 
ping. The breakwater accomplished the desired 
object, and large ships can now pass at lowest 
tides without grounding. 

Back of this beach, at the west end, is a pine 
forest of eight acres, which has recently been laid 
out in walks, rambles, streets, and avenues, and 
called Ferry Beach Park. This place offers many 
attractions for summer homes. It was originally 
a favorite resort for the Indian tribes. In winter 
they journeyed, on moose-hide snow-shoes, from 
their inland homes to feast upon the shell-fish and 
sea-birds so abundant on this shore. 

The abundant shell-heaps in the vicinity are 
relics of the red man's residence. 

"Here they built their tall bark wigwams ; 
Here they danced and sang their war-songs ; 
Here they sat and, looking westward, 
Smoked the pipe of peace together, 
Sang aloud to the Great Spirit, 
Whose bright realms they would inherit, 
Far beyond the golden sunset. 
Him they saw in clouds and tempests. 
Heard him talking in the thunder. 
Felt he loved his brave red children, 
And would bring them all together 
Where the hunting-grounds were better, 
In that far-off bright Forever." 



26 OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE. 



THE ROSS WOODS. 

One of the thoroughfares leading " up town," or 
to Saco Falls, passes two miles through a dense 
woodland landscape. A forest of pine, spruce, 
and hemlock, interspersed with birch, oak, and 
maple, w^alls the highway on either side, and in 
some places overshadows it with protecting 
branches. The carriage-track is closely bordered 
by ferns and foliage, and in summer the hedges 
are bright with the wild rose and laurel ; as the 
summer declines, the golden-rod and purple-asters 
appear, waving their bright sceptres, prophetic of 
approaching autumn. 

Nothing can be more charming than a drive 
through these woods at approaching sunset. 
The light pierces the treetops with its slender 
golden arrows, and falls here and there in little 
gilded oases among the dark shadows. The still 
air is fragrant with the odor of sw^eet-scented 
pines, and vocal with voices of birds ; — the robin 
chants his measured requiem, the whippoorwill 
sings a melodious lullaby, and the echoing voice 
of the thrush reverberates through the still forest. 
Whoever, at this enchanting hour, is favored with 
a drive through these woods, will find it a rare 
enjoyment, and ever feel thankful that the vandal 
hand of civilization has spared this fascinating 
forest. 



PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. 37 

SONG OF OLD ORCHARD. 

By Eugene Batchelder. 
Air — Afy Maryland. 

Old Orchard Beach is broad and fair ; 

Happy, fair Old Orchard. 
Old Orchard Beach is free from care ; 

Happy, fair Old Orchard. 
When we feel our cares increase, 
When we wish to be at peace, 
Then we fly where sorrows cease, 

To happy, fair Old Orchard. (Repeat.) 

The wit and grace of all the land 

Resort to fair Old Orchard ; 
They roam along the 3'eilow strand. 

At happy, fair Old Orchard. 
Here the world seems bright and gay, 
Here the hours fly swift away, 
On the shores of Saco Bay, 

At happy, fair Old Orchard. 

Here's a right good ringing cheer 

For happy, fair Old Orchard; 
Here's to friends, both far and near. 

We've met at fair Old Orchard. 
When we wander far away. 
Still we'll think of those who stay. 
And trust again to meet some day, 

At happy, fair Old Orchard ! 

Old Orchard House, August 7, 1862. 



38 OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE. 



CAMP-MEETING ASSOCIATION. 

In July, 1873, an association was formed under 
this title, with Rev. I. Luce, President, which 
purchased a tract of land, containing about fifty 
acres, within half a mile of the beach. A large 
portion of this was covered by a dense forest of 
oak, maple, and pine, in which was a valley 
forming a natural amphitheatre. In this the Asso- 
ciation erected commodious seats for the accom- 
modation of seven thousand worshippers. At the 
centre of this stands the speaker's desk, and so 
remarkable are the acoustic properties of the 
place that throughout this vast auditorium the 
voice of an ordmary speaker can be distinctly 
heard. It seems as if Nature designed this place 
especially for camp-meetings. Around this audi- 
torium are erected tents and cottages. Many fam- 
ilies spend the whole season there. The grounds 
of the Association are regularly laid out in streets 
and avenues. On many of the cottage lots build- 
ings are already erected, and others are inviting 
purchasers. There are no sea-side resorts that 
offer more social and religious advantages than 
Old Orchard. During 1879, ^^'om July i6th till 
September ist, there will be five camp-meetings, 
at which wdll be present the best talent and high- 
est culture of the country. 

The present officers of the Association are : 
President, Rev. I. D. Munger ; Secretar}^ Rev. 



PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. 39 

D. B. Randall ; Treasurer, J. M. Palmer, Esq. 
With these gentlemen, any business with the As- 
sociation may be transacted. 

To accommodate the patrons of the camp-meet- 
ings, the Boston and Maine Railroad has erected 
a depot (Camp-Ground Station) a short distance 
from the ground, at which all passengers for the 
camp-meetings should leave the trains. 



PORTLAND AND BOSTON STEAMERS. 

For Bostonians and tourists passing through 
Boston, to or from Old Orchard, there is no con- 
veyance more convenient and comfortable than by 
these steamers. They leave India Wharf, Bos- 
ton, for Portland, every evening, at seven o'clock, 
and returning, leave Portland for Boston at the 
same hour. Old Orchard is fifteen miles west of 
Portland, from which six trains daily pass it, the 
earliest leaving Portland at six A. M. 

Passengers by this route can leave Boston at 
night ; thus they have a view of Boston harbor, 
see islands and distant shores at sunset, avoid 
the heat, dust, and fatigue of railroad travel, have 
a night's quiet slumber, pass the island, and pic- 
turesque scenery of Portland at sunrise, and with 
a railroad ride of only thirty minutes arrive at Old 
Orchard in time for early breakfast. By taking 
advantage of the generous excursion rates offered 
by the company, an interesting tour may be made 
at a trifling expense. 



40 OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE. 

BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD. 

In 1873 this road, which had previously ex- 
tended only from Boston to South Berwick, on the 
west side of Maine, was opened through to Port- 
land along the coast, through Wells, Kennebunk, 
Saco, and Scarboro'. Thus the seaside resorts 
were accommodated with railroad facilities, and 
Old Orchard, which previously could be reached 
onl}' by a stage journe}^ of four miles, was favored 
with two commodious depots on its shores. This 
brought increased patronage, and each summer 
the Boston and Maine has been a popular thorough- 
fare for all guests of Old Orchard. During the 
present year the depot has been enlarged to meet 
the demand of travel. Four trains daily pass 
between Boston and Portland, besides local trains 
between Kennebunk and Portland : hence the 
train accommodations on this road are all that 
can be desired. 



PLN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. 4I 

HOTELS. 



Note. — The asterisks [ * ] below refer to tlie illustrated chart 

on last page. 



The Bay View * 

Is the only public house at Ferry Beach. The 
proprietors, O. F. Page & Co., have recently put 
it in thorough order and placed it under the man- 
agement of E. E. Post, Esq. This house is nearly, 
two miles from the thickly-settled portions of the 
beach. It can be reached by stage or private con- 
veyance from the Saco station of the Boston and 
Maine or Eastern railroads, and also from the Old 
Orchard station of the Boston and ?>Iaine, at low 
tide. All that need to be said of this house is to 
quote from one of Boston's most popular preachers. 
"This place combines all the advantages of Old 
Orchard, with freedom from its crowds and con- 
fusion, and the inexorable burdens and demands 
of society. I regard it one of the best places 
for rest and recuperation I have ever found." — 
M, y. Savage, 

Pleasant House.* 

This house, in location, construction, and man- 
agement, is all that the name implies. The owner 
and manager, Mrs. Sarah D. Moullon, by a care- 
ful and judicious control of her household, gives 
it the charm of a cheerful and Pleasant Home. 



42 old orchard beach, maine. ^ 

Ocean House.* 

John Lindsey, for five years proprietor of the 
Fab van House, White Mountains, assumed the 
management of this house last year, and it ac- 
quired great popularity under his control. He is 
still the proprietor, and the house, which accom- 
modates four hundred guests, is kept with great 
care and especial attention to the comfort of 
patrons. 

Lawrence House.* 

This house stands upon the shore within 
twenty feet of the water. Bathers can step di- 
rectly from the piazza to the ocean. One hun- 
dred and fifty guests here find cheerful rooms and 
satisfactory table supplies. E. W. Barton, the 
gentlemanly and efficient proprietor, was formerly 
of Lawrence, Mass., from which his house takes 
its name. 

GoRHAM House.* 

This is one of the oldest modern hotels at Old 
Orchard. It stands at the terminus of the Saco 
road, between the beach and the Boston and 
Maine Depot. The proprietor, Charles E. Gorham, 
gives especial attention to the entertainment of 
pleasure parties and transient company. Re- 
freshments are served at all honrs, and pleasure 
facilities furnished. A good livery and boarding- 
stable is under the ma^iagrement of this house. 



pen and pencil sketches. 43 

The Blanchard House * 

Has been remodelled and enlarged during the 
present year. Mrs. A. B. Blanchard, proprietress, 
has acquired great popularity in her past man- 
agement. With increased facilities, which will 
add to the comfort of its guests, this house ranks 
among: the best of seaside hotels. Its situation is 
upon the border of the sea, and its rooms overlook 
the beach and the distant ocean. 

The Old Orchard House.* 

This hotel, which was erected in 1876, stands 
upon the spot where once was the residence of 
Rev. John Fairfield, first minister of Saco. It is 
on an eminence commanding a full view^ of the 
whole beach and the surrounding country. It has 
accommodations for five hundred guests, and is a 
perfect house in all its appointments. E. C. Sta- 
ples, the pioneer in modern hotel business, is the 
proprietor. 

Central House.* 

From its location this house takes its name. It 
stands on the beach, about half-way between Saco 
River and Scarboro'. Two hundred guests can 
be entertained here. The rooms on each side of 
the house command a full view of the ocean. 
Wesley G. Smith, the proprietor, manages this 
house with much satisfaction to his guests. 



44 old orchard beach, maine.. 

Sea-Shore House.* 

This is new and attractive, with facilities for 
entertaining one hundred and fifty guests. It 
stands upon the beach close to the ocean — hter- 
ally '' upon the sand; " but the proprietor, F. G. 
Staples, with more wisdom than the foolish man 
in the parable, has made his " foundation sure." 
His numerous guests enjoy the grandeur of the 
situation, and bathe in the rolling breakers that 
come beating at the door. The rooms are all so 
located that from them there is a pleasing ocean 
prospect. 

St. Cloud.* 

This house takes its name from the celebrated 
French palace built near Paris in the sixteenth 
century. During the present year it has been en- 
larged to meet the demands of its numerous Cana- 
dian and American guests. The proprietress, Mrs. 
E. Manson, labors to give her patrons a cheerful 
home ; and should the popularity of this house in- 
crease in years to come as it has in the six years 
since it was opened, it will become as distinguished 
as the foreign chateau whose name it bears. 



*^* Besides the principal hotels which are rep- 
resented on the chart, and here especially men- 
tioned, there are more than twenty others worthy 
of public patronage, and those who seek rest and 
recreation at this beach can always find ample 
accommodations. 



PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. 



FALMOUTH HOTEL, 

PORTLANT), MAINE. 



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THE LAR GES T AND BES T HO TEL IN POR TLAND. 

O. M. Shaw & Son, Proprietors. 



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OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE.. 



BIDDEFORD HOUSE, 
Biddeford, Maine. 




FRED. YATES, PROPRIETOR 



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PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES. 



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SACO HOUSE, Saco, Maine. 

L. P. True, Proprietor. 




Those visiting Saco or Biddeford, for business or pleasure, 
wi 1 find either of the above houses well managed, and the right 
hotels to patronize. 



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OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE. 



TREMONT HOUSE, 
Cor. of Treraont and Beacon Streets, 



BOSTON. 




No hotel has l\ad a more extensive popularity 
than the Tremont House. It has received the 
patronage of the most distinguished American and 
foreign guests, and all have spoken of it in terms 
of hitjhest commendation. 

It is centrally located, street cars pass to all the 
railroad depots and the suburbs. To those visit- 
ing the city this house is most easy of access. 

Silas Gurney & Co., Proprietors. 



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